2020-04-17 Post Election Meeting Agenda

POST ELECTION MEETING AGENDA                                                           17 APRIL 2020


Role and Membership of LDMG
The role of the Local Disaster Management Group (as per section 30 of the Disaster Management
Act 2003) is as follows:
     Ensure that disaster management and disaster operations in the area are consistent with the
      State group's strategic policy framework for disaster management for the state.
     Develop effective disaster management, and regularly review and assess the disaster
      management.
     Help the local government for its area to prepare a local disaster management plan.
     Identify, and provide advice to the relevant district group about, support services required by
      the local group to facilitate disaster management and disaster operations in the area.
     Ensure the community is aware of ways of mitigating the adverse effects of an event, and
      preparing for, responding to and recovering from a disaster.
     Manage disaster operations in the area under policies and procedures decided by the state
      group.
     Provide reports and make recommendations to the relevant district group about matters
      relating to disaster operations.
     Identify, and co-ordinate the use of, resources that may be used for disaster operations in
      the area.
     Establish and review communications systems in the group, and with the relevant district
      group and other local groups in the disaster district of the relevant district group, for use when
      a disaster happens.
     Ensure information about a disaster in the area is promptly given to the relevant district group.
     Perform other functions given to the group under this act.
     Perform a function incidental to a function mentioned above.

The members of the LDMG consist of:
    Chairperson
    Local Recovery Chairperson/Deputy Chairperson
    Local Disaster Coordinator
    Local Recovery Coordinator
    Queensland Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services
    Energex
    Queensland Ambulance Service
    Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (Fire & Rescue Urban)
    Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (State Emergency Services)
    Queensland Health
    Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
    Queensland Police Service
    Australian Red Cross
    Coast Guard
    Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
    Department of Education & Training
    Department of Transport & Main Roads
    Executive Officer – Sunshine Coast District Disaster Management Group
    National Broadband Network (NBN)
    Queensland Reconstruction Authority
    Ramsay Health
    SEQ Water
    State Member for Noosa
    Surf Lifesaving Queensland
    Telstra
    Tourism Noosa


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